This is a list of candidates in 2013 Iranian presidential election which was held on 14 June 2013. This list includes candidates who announced, withdrew, declined or were disqualified their nomination for the election.
The candidates are listed in below in four groups (conservatives, reformists and independents). More than 40 people registered for the election.
| Coalition | Party | Picture | Name | Last political post | Level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | Registered* | Withdraw | Qualified | Votes | |||||
| Principlists | Progression Alliance (2+1) | Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf | Mayor of Tehran | 6,077,292 | |||||
| Ali Akbar Velayati | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2,268,753 | |||||||
| Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel | Chairman of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Abadgaran (Cabinet Alliance) | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei | Chief of Staff of the President | |||||||
| Sadeq Vaeez Zadeh | Head of National Elites Foundation | ||||||||
| Mohammad Reza Rahimi | First Vice President | ||||||||
| Ali Akbar Javanfekr | Managing-Director of IRNA | ||||||||
| Sadeq Khalilian | Minister of Agricultural | ||||||||
| Ali Nikzad | Minister of Housing | ||||||||
| Mehdi Chamran | Chairman of City Council of Tehran | ||||||||
| Nasrin Soltankhah | Head of National Elites Foundation | ||||||||
| Gholam-Hossein Elham | Minister of Justice | ||||||||
| Hamid Baqai | Head of Presidential Center | ||||||||
| Front of Islamic Revolution Stability (Paydari) | Saeed Jalili | Secretary of Supreme National Security Council | 4,168,946 | ||||||
| Kamran Bagheri Lankarani | Minister of Health | ||||||||
| Parviz Fattah | Minister of Energy | ||||||||
| Conservatives Majority Alliance (Aksariat) | Manouchehr Mottaki | Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||
| Hassan Aboutorabi Fard | Deputy Speaker of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Mohammad Reza Bahonar | Deputy Speaker of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Yahya Ale Eshaq | Minister of Commerce | ||||||||
| Mostafa Pourmohammadi | Minister of Interior | ||||||||
| United Front of Conservatives (Motahedan) | Alireza Zakani | Member of the Parliament | |||||||
| Ali Larijani | Chairman of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Resistance Front of Islamic Iran | Mohsen Rezaee | Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council | 3,884,412 | ||||||
| Haghani Circle (Motahedan) | Ali Fallahian | Minister of Intelligence | |||||||
| Abulhassan Navab | No political post | ||||||||
| Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh | Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization | ||||||||
| Parviz Kazemi | Minister of Welfare | ||||||||
| Alireza Ali Ahmadi | Minister of Education | ||||||||
| Reformists | Moderation and Development Party | Hassan Rouhani | Secretary of Supreme National Security Council | 18,613,329 | |||||
| Green Movement (Green Path of Hope) | Zahra Rahnavard | No political post | |||||||
| Democracy Party | Mostafa Kavakebian | Member of the Parliament | |||||||
| Islamic Iran Participation Front (Jebhe Mosharekat) | Mohammad Reza Aref | First Vice President | |||||||
| Mohsen Mehralizadeh | Head of National Sports Organization | ||||||||
| Masoumeh Ebtekar | Head of Department of Environment | ||||||||
| Executives of Construction Party (Sazandegi) | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | President | |||||||
| Mohammad Shariatmadari | Minister of Commerce | ||||||||
| Eshaq Jahangiri | Minister of Industries | ||||||||
| Mohammad-Ali Najafi | Minister of Education | ||||||||
| National Trust Party | Elias Hazrati | Member of the Parliament | |||||||
| House of Labours | Hossein Kamali | Minister of Labour | |||||||
| Ebrahim Asgharzadeh | Chairman of City Council of Tehran | ||||||||
| Akbar A'lami | Member of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi | Member of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Javad Etaat | Member of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Masoud Pezeshkian | Minister of Health | ||||||||
| Independents | Mohammad Gharazi | Minister of Post | 446,015 | ||||||
| Mohammad Saeedikia | Minister of Housing | ||||||||
| Hassan Sobhani | Member of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Mohammed Bagher Kharrazi | No political post | ||||||||
| Ahmad Kashani | Member of the Parliament | ||||||||
| Davoud Ahmadinejad | Chief of Staff of the Presidential House | ||||||||
| Tahmasb Mazaheri | Governor of Central Bank | ||||||||
| Ramin Mehmanparast | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||||||||
| Hooshang Amirahmadi | No political post | ||||||||
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated he will not endorse anyone or interfere in the election to choose his successor,[2] however he announced he will support Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei if he will be confirmed, two other cabinet members, Mohammad-Reza Rahimi and Sadeq Khalilian are also registered without the support of Ahmadinejad:
The following three candidates also known as 2+1 formed a coalition between themselves that one of the three will register for the election and the remaining two will support him, however all of those registered and the main candidate will be announced in a later which it is possible that all will be enter to the elections. This coalition consist of:[3]
This political group was founded by former Ahmadinejad ministers and supporters who believe in his election message but they are not supporting his actions anymore. For the following election, their main candidates are among Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Saeed Jalili and Parviz Fattah.[4] [5] Kamran Bagheri Lankarani was elected as their candidate on 20 April 2013.
The following announced candidates will also chose one with most popularity to officially register for the election. On May 9 after selection of Aboutorabi Fard was announced, Mottaki declared he will not accept this selection and will run separately:[6]
The main candidate was elected by a majority vote of the congress on 10 May 2013:
Despite being associated with the CCA, Hassan Rouhani was not supported by the party as he progressed in the election. The party eventually had no candidate that they directly supported.
Hassan Rouhani announced his registration after his mentor Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified. Rouhani had gained heavy reformist support throughout his election campaign, with himself being a centrist moderate with ties to the conservative faction.
On 15 January 2013, Democracy party elected their party leader, Mostafa Kavakebian as their sole candidate for the upcoming election. Kavakebian also said that he will withdraw if Mohammad Khatami announced his candidacy.
The party elected Hossein Kamali as their candidate on 22 November 2012 but Kamali withdrew on 11 May 2013. The supporting candidate will be elected on 25 May 2013.
After Mohammad-Ali Najafi announced he will not register for the election, the party announced their support for Hassan Rouhani after their candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was disqualified:
Mohammad Khatami was considered to be a very popular frontrunner with a lot of support in the election, but he was eventually disqualified, the party then announced their support for Hassan Rouhani:
Mohammad-Reza Aref eventually became the sole reformist in the final confirmed group of candidates in the election. He withdrew on the advice of Mohammad Khatami so the vote would not be split between Aref and Hassan Rouhani, Aref upon withdrawing immediately announced his support for Rouhani.